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Sunday, May 7, 2017

An excerpt from the LA Times -

Need a background voice for a movie or TV show? Barbara Harris is the person to call
By Daniel Vaillancourt

Barbara Harris, who provides background voices for movies and television. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-barbara-harris-background-voices-20170410-story.html

Hollywood Goes to HBCUs

From the LA Times -

These black colleges in Atlanta are some of Hollywood's best kept filming secrets
By Tre'vell Anderson

To the unfamiliar eye, Morehouse seems like many other colleges. But it’s not.

Most schools are not used as filming locations for big-budget Hollywood productions. Morehouse, however, has been the setting for two in just a single year, the Oscar-nominated “Hidden Figures” and BET’s “The Quad.”

In fact, the entire Atlanta University Center, or AUC, a consortium of historically black colleges and universities in the city, has ties with Hollywood that run deeper than the Chattahoochee River. In the last 30 years, Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University and Morehouse School of Medicine have all been used in countless films and television shows.

Together, they are one of the industry’s best kept secrets in the city known as the Hollywood of the South.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-morehouse-spelman-clark-atlanta-20170505-story.html

Seen as a Threat

An excerpt from the LA Times -

The killing of Jordan Edwards shows again how black males — even children — are viewed as a threat
By Kurtis Lee

As the death reignited a national conversation about race and the police, it’s also elevated what’s viewed as a well-understood fact in many African American communities: When you’re black — even if you’re a child — you can be viewed as a threat to police.

“These are trained professionals, who are supposed to make rational decisions, but they’re not,” said Benjamin Crump, a civil rights attorney and former president of the National Bar Assn., a network of black lawyers and judges. “And yet again our children — I repeat, children — are paying the ultimate price.”

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-jordan-edwards-20170506-story.html

Why People?

An excerpt from the Washington Post -

What’s it like getting married at Disney? It’s not always a fairy tale.
By Megan McDonough

In 2013, Disney held 1,500 weddings on its properties. Last year, that number swelled to more than 4,000, with about 11 ceremonies a day globally. That trend is likely to continue, as Disney rolls out live-action updates of its classic films over the next several years, such as the recent “Beauty and the Beast” update starring Emma Watson.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/whats-it-like-getting-married-at-disney-its-not-always-a-fairy-tale/2017/05/04/59390a66-2c24-11e7-be51-b3fc6ff7faee_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_disney-1051am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.9a8a89704c34